That so anyone who has a PC with a BIOS that doesn't boot USB, would be able to make that also [from within Windows].

Hmmm...ok, you caught me at the right time as I've got an opportunity to make it. Hopefully it is small enough to just add as an attachment. (I had to zip it up as exe files aren't allowed as attachments.)

BUT YOU ARE THE TEST SUBJECT SYLVANDER! You have to tell us if this works. I confirmed that it adds all the files to the floppy disk, but you have to tell us if it works as well as the floppy version of WakePup2 that you already have and that it boots the same.

By the way, all prop's for WakePup2 (at least the exe file I did) goes to forum member pakt on this thread and all information is listed out thoroughly there. Excellent job on this, pakt!

You put the ISO inside the .exe file?
Why not asking for the location of the ISO?_________________T_Hobbit
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You put the ISO inside the .exe file?
Why not asking for the location of the ISO?

Nope. I loaded everything onto a floppy disk per the windows install instructions...then I took all that was on the floppy and put it back into an exe.

The general reason that I am doing any of this is that most Window's people I know don't have experience with iso files, but they have installed stuff using exe files, for sure. So, this is trying to play to their strengths.

I mean... instead of putting the ISO inside the exe, you may create a more flexible exe, that can use any Puppy available.
Can you make an exe that ask the location of the ISO? The rest is the some, but using the ISO you just "locate"..._________________T_Hobbit
Rebuilding old DOS Machine for Wing Commander Privateer and Puppy Old spare parts to give away - anyone interested

I mean... instead of putting the ISO inside the exe, you may create a more flexible exe, that can use any Puppy available.
Can you make an exe that ask the location of the ISO? The rest is the some, but using the ISO you just "locate"...

That would be the next evolution/step. It would require an exe within another one. So far all this one does is unpack all the stuff required to run puppy; no other programs are run. Let me think on that, T_Hobbit...

Yep; very easy to do in Linux, needlessly complicated in Windows. Right now all this one does is unpack everything. Very small, nothing else installed.

To do that it would be having one thing unpacked, run it, have it unpack the iso, copy the files to a temp folder then have those added to the flash drive. At least one other program in there to get that done, probably a couple.

The problem at first glance that I see: unpacking an iso in Window's isn't standard fare. Sure, I have programs that will do that but I haven't looked at one that can be used within this exe to unpack what you want, then have it all copied to a temp file. And writing code for this is going to jack up the size, yeah? Again, easy to unpack in Linux, not so much in Windows.

6. Compared the contents of my original WakePup2=(a) floppy with the new WakePup2=(b) floppy.
On (a) as compared to (b):
There were LOTS more files, and also 2 folders that were not on (b).
The drivers folder had a long list of files inside numerous sub-folders.
See the screenshots below of the contents of (a).

So, when you put the stuff on your floppy disk, how are you doing it and where are you getting your information from? Knowing that I can do what I did before and get all the necessary files and put them into the exe file...

1. "when you put the stuff on your floppy disk, how are you doing it"
To make the original WakePup2=(a), I had:

a. Used "Menu->System->Format Floppy Disk" to format the floppy.

b. With wakepup2-20070910 installed:
I then ran "Menu->Setup->WakePup" and supplied the formatted floppy.

2. "where are you getting your information from?"
(a) What information do you mean?
Why/how to make a WakePup2 floppy?
This thread chronicles my Puppy learning/discoveries.
See at the bottom of post #1 where I say that this Wikipedia page [looks like it has been updated since then, but the portion quoted is still there] said that Puppy can boot from a ""floppy boot disk that loads the rest of the operating system from a USB drive"."
I was advised in post #2 to go here for instructions.

1. "when you put the stuff on your floppy disk, how are you doing it"
To make the original WakePup2=(a), I had:

a. Used "Menu->System->Format Floppy Disk" to format the floppy.

b. With wakepup2-20070910 installed:
I then ran "Menu->Setup->WakePup" and supplied the formatted floppy.

2. "where are you getting your information from?"
(a) What information do you mean?
Why/how to make a WakePup2 floppy?
This thread chronicles my Puppy learning/discoveries.
See at the bottom of post #1 where I say that this Wikipedia page [looks like it has been updated since then, but the portion quoted is still there] said that Puppy can boot from a ""floppy boot disk that loads the rest of the operating system from a USB drive"."
I was advised in post #2 to go here for instructions.

Ok...I'll check it out. I'm having to do all of this from Windows so I may have to go back and forth...I'll post back....

I mean... instead of putting the ISO inside the exe, you may create a more flexible exe, that can use any Puppy available.
Can you make an exe that ask the location of the ISO? The rest is the some, but using the ISO you just "locate"...

Unetbootin does this, I have used it with several different pups and puplets with any trouble.

I mean... instead of putting the ISO inside the exe, you may create a more flexible exe, that can use any Puppy available.
Can you make an exe that ask the location of the ISO? The rest is the some, but using the ISO you just "locate"...

Unetbootin does this, I have used it with several different pups and puplets with any trouble.

Ok, sylvander and anyone else, let's try this again. I got the right files this time and folders. The last method I used had issues with folders and wouldn't put the whole file path...anyway, here is the latest exe for WakePup2. All my previous comments about WakePup2 and it's creation/creator still apply.

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